In the structure of foreign supplies of agricultural products to Ukraine, the largest share in 2022 fell on the products of the Fruits and Nuts group and amounted to 10.5%. This happened mainly due to citrus fruits, bananas, exotic fruits - avocados, pineapples, persimmons, kiwi, as well as grapes and stone fruits..

This was stated by a senior researcher at the Department of Economics of Agricultural Production and International Integration of the National Scientific Center " Bohdan Dukhnitsky.

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Thus, according to the State Customs Service of Ukraine, in 2022, the volume of imports of fruits and nuts amounted to 663 million. US dollars, which is 21% less than in 2021 - 835 million. US dollars.

The expert stressed that over the past five years, Turkey has remained the main supplier of this group of products.. In 2022, Turkey's share in the value of domestic fruit imports was about a third - 30.7%, the expert noted.

" Significantly lower shipments from Greece (6.3%), Colombia (5.0%), Spain (4.7%), Costa Rica (4.6%) and Egypt (4.3%). Together, these seven countries formed 69% of the value of imports of products of this group to Ukraine in 2022,"

In Ukraine, citrus fruits and bananas traditionally enjoy the greatest demand among fruit and berry products, which formed 60% of the value of its imports in 2022.

The scientist added that last year for all commodity items, with the exception of watermelons and melons, there was a decrease in foreign purchases in monetary terms..

Earlier we wrote that prices for imported tomatoes increased in Ukraine.